

Naruto mangaka Masashi Kishimoto has been busily embarrassing Narutards with his first ever TV interview, revealing that he initially planned Naruto “to be about ramen” and that “it is aimed at boys in middle school.” Read the rest of this entry »


Newly aired poverty goddess anime Binbougami-ga! has proved an immediate hit, being widely acclaimed for its blend of high tempo gag and parody action, along with not a little sexy service and decent production values.
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Naruto mangaka Masashi Kishimoto has revealed that Naruto is swiftly headed to its conclusion, much to the despair of fans and publishers alike.
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Statistical analysis demonstrating that Bleach and Naruto carry the least amount of text and have the biggest pictures of any Shonen Jump manga has lately been the cause of even more mockery of their much put upon fans.
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Top non-ero-manga To Love-Ru Darkness has been officially declared safe for children after escaping a ban at the hands of Tokyo’s manga inquisitors, much to the relief of all concerned.
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Oricon has published its manga sales charts for the first half of 2012, demonstrating with oppressive certainty that the overpowering dominance of One Piece is not about to end any time soon.
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Top saucy manga To Love-Ru Darkness is following in the footsteps of To Love-Ru by getting its own anime adaptation, much to the delight of fans everywhere.
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The better part of a decade of Bleach anime has finally drawn to a close, with its many quick-to-complain fans seemingly satisfied the series ended fittingly, and the hero’s future neatly summed up as “unemployment.”
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Not only are almost 90% of One Piece readers adult, most of the adult readership is at or past middle-age and quickly getting older, a far cry from the kiddy image stereotypically associated with many shonen manga titles.
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A Hollywood movie adaptation of interminable Shonen Jump manga Bleach is said to be underway, causing much distress amongst fans fearing another DragonBall or Akira style “adaptation” of a manga classic.
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Bleach is to finally end – although only the anime version, the manga original still apparently having a few decades left before finally drawing to an end.
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With so much recent controversy over manga endings (Bleach is in its “final chapter,” Negima ends in 3 chapters, and generic Jump love comedy Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa just received one of “those” endings), manga fans have been debating the perfect length for a manga – with many coming to the conclusion that “about 30” volumes is about right.
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